There is one limitation on a cherry picker. You have to be able to place the
wheels under the car far enough to keep the picker from just tipping over when
you try to lift the engine. And that can limit your ability to maneuver the
load. But I have successfully pulled and replaced a six cyl Austin Healey
engine and tranny single handed with my picker, so I am happy.
-Roland
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Stone <jandkstone99@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 17:31:24
To:old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] hoist and trolley for engine installation
I've done it both ways on my Alpine. I made my own cross bar out of 2x4's
(two of them joined together for strength) a few years ago and simply used a
come-along to lift the engine. It worked fine, I just rolled the car back and
forth to position it. However, IMHO using a cherry picker is definitely
easier and they allow you to move the engine around as needed. Plus, cherry
pickers have lots of other uses around the house. I've used my to remove an
old window air conditioner, uproot a bush, and pull up a porch lantern base
that was set in concrete. You can't do any of those with a garage I-beam.
> From: dirtbeard@pacbell.net
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:05:38 -0800
> Subject: [Shop-talk] hoist and trolley for engine installation
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Ready to replace the engine and transmission in my '74 TR6, and my "new"
> garage has a 10"x4"x3/8" I-beam across one of the bays (the guy who built it
> clearly put it there for a hoist). It also is pre-wired for 240 AC in case I
> wanted an electric hoist.
>
> Looking at McMaster, I see a = ton hand chain CM 622 hoist and trolley
> combination for about $300 and a one ton combo for about $360.
>
> I am not going to be pulling engines daily (or even yearly), so installing a
> hoist would be an indulgence (one I would like to think I deserve), but I do
> have a pretty good hydraulic floor engine hoist I used to take the engine
> out, so I could use it to put it back in. But a trolley hoist would seem
> like a nice addition to the garage nonetheless.
>
> My questions for the group are:
> 1. Would the above CM 622 work well or would you recommend some other
> options?
> 2. Electric would be nice, but they are pretty pricey - any ideas for
> locating a used hoist (I am in the Los Angeles area if there are some locals
> here - Randall?)
> 3. I am assuming that an I-beam hoist will be a lot nicer to use than
> a floor hoist, but what is your experience? (here I am wondering about
> positioning the engine - the trolley will allow me lateral movement, but for
> fore and aft, I suppose I would need to push the car as opposed to pushing
> the floor hoist around -- car could not be on jack stands, etc.).
>
> Any other tips or advice would be appreciated greatly before I spend
> unwisely. Thank you.
>
> best,
>
> doug
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